Millhouses Park Bowling Club Open Weekend
Saturday April 11th & Sunday April 12th 10.30am to 4:00pm
You will be made very welcome at our open weekend in April, when you can try the wonderful game of bowls and perhaps start a new hobby. Everything is provided, including refreshments, all you need is enthusiasm and flat shoes.
Bowls is a great game offering physical, mental and social benefits, making it a rewarding and enjoyable activity for players of all ages. It offers gentle exercise that’s easy on the joints, making it suitable for people of all fitness levels, including older adults. Participation in a bowling club, in a lovely outdoor setting at Millhouses Park, will help combat loneliness and provide a regular social outlet.
Why not give it a go? Bowls provides a well-rounded blend of physical exercise, mental engagement and social interaction, contributing to overall health and well-being.
The aim of the game is simple. Bowl your two ‘woods’ as close to the jack (a smaller bowl) as you can. If you end up closer than your opponents you score points. That’s all there is to it.
Not quite! It’s a game of skill, strategy and precision, played on a specially prepared ‘crown green’ which has a raised centre, or ‘crown’, that slopes away to the edges. This unique contour adds an exciting dimension to the game, as players must account for the varying gradients. The bowls have a bias, so that they will curve to the left or right, depending on which way it is held. So players need to combine the bowl’s bias and the slope of the green, either to work together or to counteract each other. An easy game to learn, difficult to master.
So come and try for yourself for an hour or two on April 11th or 12th, 10.30am to 4pm. Just turn up at the green, near the boating lake and tennis courts in Millhouses Park.